Rules for the Chris Smallbone Award

Rules for the Chris Smallbone Award

The Chris
Smallbone Award is awarded annually by the International Institute of Welding (IIW),
sponsored by the IIW Members from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Serbia, which
are linked also through the South-East European Technology Transfer Network
(SEENET). These IIW members are:

Bulgarian Welding Society (BWS)

Drustvo Za Unapredivanja u Srbiji (DZS)

National Research-Development Institute for Welding and Material Testing (ISIM)

Romanian Welding Society (ASR)

Welding Greek Institute (WGI)

Zavod Za Savarivanje A.D. (Serbia)

The Award
is related to the key area of IIW regional activities and liaison with
developing countries The Award recognises an outstanding individual who has made a
significant contribution to improving global quality of life through optimum
use and innovation of welding and joining technologies in their region or
internationally. This contribution may have been achieved through involvement
in the IIW, through an IIW Member Society or outside of the IIW.

A Goal of
the Award is to facilitate the ongoing involvement of the winner in IIW
activities, including attendance at the IIW Annual Assemblies and activities of the IIW Working Group on Regional Activities and Liaison with
Developing Countries (WG-RA).

Eligibility

Nominees must:

Be nominated by Members of the IIW Board of Directors, the IIW Technical
Management Board (TMB), the IIW International Authorisation Board (IAB), Chairs
of IIW Working Units, or by any IIW Member Society.

Be an individual.

Show how they initiated activities at a regional or international level,
with the objective of the implementation of welding technology innovations to
improve the quality of life.

Show in which way these initiatives contribute to the objectives of the
IIW WG-RA, through the implementation of welding technology innovation,
R&D, technology diffusion and/or education, training, qualification and
certification.

Demonstrate the current and future positive outcomes of these
initiatives and the improvement in regional or international quality of life.

Demonstrate
a culture of wishing to regionally or internationally promote the work of the
IIW and benefits of membership.

Demonstrate a desire to actively
participate in IIW activities, including the IIW Annual Assemblies and the work
of the IIW WG-RA.

Fellow Selection Process

Jury is composed by FIIW selection committee. Policy for membership of the FIIW selection committe is a minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of fifteen (15) appointed by the TMB Chair. Committee Chair is appointed by the TMB Chair. FIIW selection committee members must be qualified as a FIIW or as a Chair.

Application Requirements

Application formmust be supported by a 1,000-word report in English, covering the
criteria and including, inter alia:

Details
of career involvement in industry/government/education/research sectors.

Examples
of involvement in relevant activities.

Examples
of welding technology innovations in which the nominee has been involved, both regionally
and internationally.

Ideas
about how the nominee could contribute to further improving the quality of life
in their region through both IIW and regional/international welding technology
outcomes.

Any reference document giving background information too voluminous to forward
directly to the General Secretariat. The IIW Panel of Judges can refer to such
documents if it deemed necessary.